Do Your Research — Know the Risks! When the subject of birth crops up, inevitably so do the naysayers. They suggest that homebirthers are uneducated and foolish, because surely if […]
Evaluating Options
This is the “critical thinking” portion of the blog. Is there a new scientific study or a new article or trend? How do they hold up? What skills and approaches are necessary to evaluate ideas, treatment methods, modalities, etc.? These are the types of questions considered in this category.
The Truth About Evidence-Based Medicine
When I was working on the “healing systems” section of this website, I stumbled across Wikipedia’s article on naturopathy, which described it as using “an array of pseudoscientific practices,” and […]